10 Things You Need To Know This Morning (AAPL, MSFT, YHOO, GOOG)

Good morning! Here's the news:

• The iPhone 4S lands in stores today -- here's what it looks like when you take one apart.

• Check out who's first in line for the iPhone 4S in Los Gatos, CA.

• Microsoft has officially closed its $8.5 billion purchase of Skype.

• Private equity firms KKR and Blackstone have emerged as potential buyers for Yahoo.

• The CMO of Rovio, the company behind Angry Birds, says that the company is "insanely profitable" and may go public next year.Google+ has 40 million users, but that number is almost meaningless.

• Hulu is no longer for sale -- the owners released a very short statement that they "have terminated the sale process and look forward to working together to continue mapping out its path to even greater success."

• Google held its earnings call yesterday, and the company beat everyone's expectations. Here's a transcript of the call.

• Google+ has 40 million users, but that number is almost meaningless.

• Google might be very close to launching an iTunes clone.

• Groupon and LivingSocial have been inflating regular prices to make their deals look better.
  

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